ARealAlaskan

joined 1 year ago
[–] ARealAlaskan@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

I want privacy, and long form thought.

Neither of those things thrive in an environment where everyone is trying to extract value from thought and personal information.

[–] ARealAlaskan@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Check out project Gemini:

https://geminiprotocol.net/

"Gemini is a new internet technology supporting an electronic library of interconnected text documents. That's not a new idea, but it's not old fashioned either. It's timeless, and deserves tools which treat it as a first class concept, not a vestigial corner case. Gemini isn't about innovation or disruption, it's about providing some respite for those who feel the internet has been disrupted enough already. We're not out to change the world or destroy other technologies. We are out to build a lightweight online space where documents are just documents, in the interests of every reader's privacy, attention and bandwidth."

No auto playing media. No cookies. Nothing tracking you. And they built it, as I understand, to be deliberately difficult to add new features to, to prevent enshittification.

[–] ARealAlaskan@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Did you know that varies state by state?

My state has a jungle primary, you see all candidates irrespective of their or your party affiliation, and you vote for the ONE candidate you want to see on the ballot.

We also have ranked choice voting, which they are trying reallllly hard to take away.